Vance spars with US bishops over their pushback on Trump's immigration policy
(OSV News) -- Vice President JD Vance questioned the motives of the U.S. bishops' criticism of President Donald Trump's new immigration policies in a Jan....
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Trump bars taxpayer funding for abortion in the U.S. or overseas
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump on Jan. 24 used executive authority to block taxpayer funds from paying for elective abortion procedures...
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Trump tells March for Life rally by video he will 'stand proudly' for life and family
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump pledged to "stand proudly for families and for life" in a video message for the 52nd annual March...
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March for Life puts pro-life vision that welcomes babies, supports families in focus
(OSV News) -- "Let me say very simply: I want more babies in the United States of America," Vice President JD Vance told a cheering crowd at the 52nd National...
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US bishops' pro-life chair praises House for voting to protect babies who survive abortion
(OSV News) -- The pro-life chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops lauded U.S. House passage of a bill Jan. 23 that would require life-saving...
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Life Fest 2025 an 'explosion of life, joy and grace' ahead of annual March for Life
FAIRFAX, Va. (OSV News) -- When Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, some Catholics wondered aloud: In the wake of such a resounding victory -- tenaciously...
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At National Prayer Vigil for Life, young people challenged 'to be a light in our culture'
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- In a basilica "adorned with beautiful mosaic art," the "most impressive" mosaic was "the gathering of people from so many different...
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Human dignity 'not dependent' on legal status, say Catholic leaders
(OSV News) -- Several Catholic leaders are speaking out against the Trump administration's reversal of a longstanding policy limiting where immigration...
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Trump pardons 23 pro-life activists convicted of FACE Act violations
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- On the eve of the national March for Life rally in Washington, President Donald Trump announced Jan. 23 he was issuing pardons...
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Trump signs executive order affirming 'biological reality of sex'
(CAN) -- President Donald Trump has signed an executive order billed as "defending women from gender ideology extremism," one that the White House says...
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Catholic U., facing $30M deficit, considers 'three main changes' to academic operations
(OSV News) -- The Catholic University of America in Washington will look into consolidating some academic departments, as part of a recently announced...
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Coming home to a community of faith at the U.S. Naval Academy
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- When Una Johnson arrived in the fall of 2023 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, from her home in Washington state,...
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Bishop Burbidge: IVF presents an 'obvious' and 'subtle' threat to human dignity
(OSV News) -- In vitro fertilization, which is contrary to Catholic teaching, poses threats "to human dignity and human rights" in ways both "very obvious"...
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US bishops report flags 5 top areas of 'critical concern' on religious liberty
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- A new annual report by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops identified what it called five areas of critical concern, defined...
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Rev. King's legacy involves 'uniting our nation as one community of hope,' cardinal says
HILLCREST HEIGHTS, Md. (OSV News) -- On a morning when winter weather threatened the region, Catholics from across the Archdiocese of Washington gathered...
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New York Supreme Court upholds 'common sense' law barring men from women's sports
The New York Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a Nassau County law prohibiting men from competing in female sports at a county-run facility is constitutional. State...
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How to participate in the upcoming March for Life in person or virtually
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The 52nd annual March for Life will take place Jan. 24 in Washington. The theme of the 2025 event is "Life: Why We March." A...
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Trump cancels refugee program in order condemned by Catholic leaders
(OSV News) -- The State Department has canceled all refugee travel to the U.S., following a Jan. 20 executive order by newly inaugurated President Donald...
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Catholic leaders condemn Trump's order to expand use of death penalty
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the federal death penalty Jan. 20, among the first actions of his second term,...
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USCCB president calls Trump orders on migration, death penalty 'deeply troubling'
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on issues including migration, the environment and the death penalty are "deeply...
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Trump signs executive order directing government to only recognize two biological sexes
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump signed executive orders Jan. 20 that direct the U.S. government to only recognize two sexes, male and female,...
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Trump administration reverses policy to permit ICE arrests at churches
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The Trump administration said Jan. 21 it would rescind a long-standing policy preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents...
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Notre Dame falls short in CFP final, but faith and brotherhood shine
(OSV News) -- The somber mood spoke volumes. Displaying a despondent countenance before a throng of national media, University of Notre Dame football...
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Wisdom, strength, humility focus of Inauguration Day prayers for President Trump
(OSV News) -- As Catholics prayed across the country for President Donald Trump as he was sworn in as the nation's 47th president Jan. 20, Cardinal Timothy...
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'God does things for a reason,' says pregnant mom of 4 who lost home in LA's Eaton Fire
LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- Days after a wildfire destroyed their apartment and all their earthly belongings, Raul and Claudia De La Rosa have only one thing...
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Fire captain makes way through ruins of incinerated church to find tabernacle intact
LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- Four days after Corpus Christi Church was incinerated in the Palisades Fire, Capt. Bryan Nassour of the Los Angeles Fire Department...
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Catholic parishes offer shelter, relief to evacuated families near LA fires
LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- Several Catholic parishes opened their doors to families evacuated from their homes as wind-driven fires continued to burn through...
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Thief steals precious crown from statue of Mary at Philadelphia church
PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) -- A Philadelphia parish is in shock following the brazen theft of an historic golden crown from a beloved statue of Mary. An...
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Catholics turn to Mary and saints amid Los Angeles wildfires
(OSV News) -- Several Catholics who have fled the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles have been praying for the intercession of Our Lady of Champion, who once...
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Biden awards pope Presidential Medal of Freedom, nation's highest civilian honor
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation's highest civilian honor,...
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Cardinal Dolan will lead prayer at Trump's second inauguration Jan. 20
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- After congressional lawmakers formally certified Jan. 6 President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election,...
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Los Angeles fire victims grieve lost homes, church: 'It's too much'
LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- Pacific Palisades is the only place Sam Laganà has ever called home. The man known today as the official stadium voice...
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Carter state funeral mourners celebrate former president as man of faith, ideals
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Mourners including all five living U.S. presidents attended the late President Jimmy Carter's funeral Jan. 9 at the Washington...
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LA wildfires: Survivors lean on faith through the flames
(OSV News) -- Survivors of the Los Angeles wildfires say their Catholic faith is bringing them through the flames. "I left my house at 3:30 a.m. yesterday...
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Seeing Passionist retreat house badly damaged by LA fire is 'heartbreaking,' director says
LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- The Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center in Sierra Madre was badly damaged by the Eaton Fire, according to Passionist Father...
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March for Life speakers to include DeSantis, Bishop Thomas
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, chairman of the USCCB's Committee on Pro-Life Activities,...
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What does the church teach about immigration and deportation?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church instructs, "The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search...
Read More'Jesus was her everything': The 'Fastest Nun in the West' moves closer to canonization
(OSV News) -- A religious sister who befriended Billy the Kid, calmed a lynch mob and testified against human trafficking is one step closer to canonization....
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ANALYSIS: Migrants in US programs highly vulnerable to mass deportation push
(OSV News) -- Since President-elect Donald Trump's Nov. 5 victory, most Americans expect him to tackle the issue of immigration within the first 100 days...
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SEEK25 conferences in US, Germany energize young Catholics to share hope in Jesus
SALT LAKE CITY (OSV News) -- The excitement in the air was palpable as more than 17,000 Catholics descended on the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt...
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Washington's new archbishop seeks to 'know and understand this magnificent community of faith'
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Hours after Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego was announced Jan. 6 as the new archbishop of Washington, the prelate praised...
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Families are 'not alone' in sorrow over deaths, injuries suffered in NOLA terror attack, Biden says
NEW ORLEANS (OSV News) -- Saying he carried with him the sorrow of the nation for a "horrific act of terrorism" on New Year's Day that claimed the lives...
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Biden cancels final foreign trip, including papal audience, amid California wildfires
(OSV News) -- President Joe Biden has canceled his upcoming trip to Italy, including an audience with Pope Francis, in order to "remain focused on directing...
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LA Palisades Fire destroys Corpus Christi Catholic Church, damages school
LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- A church in Pacific Palisades appeared to be destroyed and more than 60 Catholic schools were closed as several major fires in...
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Cardinal McElroy chosen to succeed Cardinal Gregory as Washington's shepherd
(OSV News) -- Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego has been appointed the next archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, following Pope Francis'...
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SEEK conference in DC features hope, healing and Eucharistic encounter
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Why does God care about us and what does Jesus' invitation to the rich young man in the Gospels to follow him mean for our lives?...
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National Seton Shrine kicks off 50th anniversary canonization of 'One of Us'
(OSV News) -- She was a wife. A mother. A teacher. She was also -- as the title of a new exhibit at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in...
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Jimmy Carter, first president to host a pope at the White House, dies at 100
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Former President Jimmy Carter died Dec. 29 at his home in Plains, Georgia, his presidential library announced. At 100, Carter,...
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